About the author: Debbie Morris has worked on staff at NeKaMo Camp near Warsaw, Missouri, most summers since 1975. She has counseled in every age division and has directed the camp since 2000. She began writing curriculum for the daily Bible studies in 2003. After receiving requests from other camps to use them, she decided to start publishing the studies to make them available to others. Besides being a camp director and a freelance writer and editor, she delivers pizza and sometimes flowers, and has a never-ending remodeling project in her 30-something-year-old house. She and her husband have three daughters and one very grumpy miniature dachshund. A Word from the Author: Although I grew up in a Christian environment and went to church (a lot!) growing up, it was at camp that I became convinced that Jesus Christ was real. It was there that Christian love was lived out before my eyes 24 hours a day. Despite the heat, the bugs, the outhouses, and the pranks, staff members chose to spend 7 days or 14 days or even 21 days with kids because they were convinced that it was important–essential–to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the next generation. I don’t remember what anyone said during Bible Exploration, and I didn’t even like those mandatory 45 minutes each day. I was there for the archery and riflery and swimming and singing and sleeping on a bunkbed. But God used that camp experience to work in my heart. Over time he changed me. Now, though I still love the activities and singing and campfires and fun, Bible Exploration is my favorite part of camp. To look into God’s Word together, to explore its message, to discover its Author, and to realize that Jesus Christ is the fulfillment, the pinnacle, the very heart of it all is one of the most exciting and satisfying things in all of life. How God works in a heart is a mystery, but be sure that he uses scripture and prayer and the efforts of ordinary people. These Bible Exploration and Morning Watch books are written to aid you in your teaching. And be encouraged in knowing that though you may not see results, your labor is not in vain. God will accomplish his purposes; he will redeem a people for himself–“a people that are his very own” (Titus 2:14).